The Hawaii softball team split two games on the fourth day of the Rainbow Wahine Classic at Rainbow Wahine Softball Stadium.
In the first game, Hawaii (19-9) defeated Niagara (1-13) by a score of 3-1 behind a pair of home runs from Nicole Lopez. The senior finished 3-for-3 with two runs and three RBIs.
In the second game, the ’Bows fell to 6-2 to No. 4 Alabama (31-0). Junior Alyssa Sojka supplied all of Hawaii’s offense on a two-run home run in the sixth.
With the victory, Alabama wins the Rainbow Wahine Classic after finishing the tournament undefeated.
SandBows earn three wins
The No. 6 Hawaii beach volleyball team went 3-0 on Saturday, including a 3-2 victory over No. 11 Cal, in the Heineken Hawaii Invitational at Queen’s Beach.
The SandBows (7-4) are the top seed in today’s semifinal and will play Nebraska (10-4) at 9 a.m. The Golden Bears (9-2) are seeded second and face Boise State (5-4) in the 10:30 semifinal.
Sunday’s losers meet for third place at noon. The winners meet in the 1:30 p.m. championship.
Hawaii swept the Broncos and Cornhuskers 5-0 in its afternoon matches.
Against Cal, Hawaii trailed 2-1 before the new pairing of Julia Scoles and Hi‘ilawe Huddleton defeated Grace Campbell-Madi Micheletti, 14-21, 21-11, 18-16 at Flight 3 to tie it at 2-2.
The clinching point came at Flight 4 when Kylin Loker-Pani Napoleon outlasted Alexia Inman-Madison Dueck, 21-18, 17-21, 18-16.
Hawaii Hilo splits in baseball
Mana Manago batted 5-for-6 with three RBIs as the Hawaii Hilo baseball team beat Concordia 14-6 to earn a split of a doubleheader Saturday in Irvine, Calif.
Brandyn Lee-Lehano pitched 3 1/3 innings of scoreless relief for the save and Kobie Russell, Kamalu Neal and Rustin Ho each had two RBIs for the Vulcans.
In the first game, Jaryn Kanbara had two RBIs in Hilo’s 5-3 loss.
The Vulcans moved to 8-11, 6-6 PacWest, while the Eagles went to 10-11, 5-1.
>> Hawaii Pacific was swept by No. 23 Azusa Pacific by scores of 10-1 and 9-7 in Azusa, Calif.
In the first game, Jordan Mopas hit a pinch-hit homer in the eighth inning for the Sharks.
In the second game, Jared Bannister batted 2-for-2 with two RBIs and HPU scored three in the ninth before falling short.
The Sharks dropped to 16-14, 3-11 PacWest, while the Cougars improved to 16-9, 6-2.
>> Cheyne Obara singled in Alexis Velazquez with one out in the seventh inning as the Chaminade softball team beat Dominican 5-4 to earn a split of a doubleheader Saturday at Central Oahu Regional Park.
The Silverswords’ Malia Moisa tied the game in the sixth with a sacrifice fly, and Rainelle Matsuoka and Makena Kealoha each had three hits for the Silverswords.
In the first game, Marlisa Berrelleza hit a solo homer and Chaminade scored two in the ninth before falling short 4-3.
The Silverswords went to 10-11, 7-7 PacWest, while the Penguins moved to 5-10, 4-10.
Water polo ’Bows fall to No. 1 USC
Irene Gonzalez scored three goals and Elyse Lemay-Lavoie added two, but the No. 5 Hawaii water polo team lost to top-ranked USC 12-8 on Saturday at Duke Kahanamoku Aquatic Complex.
Bridget Layburn made eight saves for the Rainbow Wahine (12-4).
Maud Megens scored five goals for the Trojans (20-0), whose coach Jovan Vavic was arrested Tuesday in Waikiki and fired later that day for taking part in an alleged nationwide college admissions scandal.
Steensen to speak at Honolulu QB Club
Ralph Steensen, a sports historian and a member of the Honolulu Quarterback Club, will be the club’s guest speaker at this week’s luncheon.
Steensen will be speaking about the ILH football championship games known as the Turkey Day doubleheader, which were played at the old Honolulu Stadium from the 1940s until its demolition.
